St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-12
Twenty Thousand Enthusiastic People
See it Won and Lost on Churchill
Downs at Louisville.
The HOlOrs of the Great Kentucky
Derby Carried OFF by MOntrose,
an Obscure Bay Colt.
Jim Gore Finishes Second, Dead Lame
and Broken D0wn---The Other
Favorites in the Rear.
Events on the Turf at Other Points.
A Days General Sporting
Intelligence.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1.-THE bay
colt MontroSe, the son of the Duke of
Montrose, dam Patti, won the great
Kentucky Derby. 1t was not great
race, but it was pretty one. The time,
@:39$4, makes Il poor comparison with
Ben Ais last year, when the latter
lowered the record to 2.36, after Il mag
niticent contest. but it is not bad. The
weather in the morning looked little
threatening and ut o'clock slight
shower fell. 1t lasted only few min
uteS though, and did not affect the
track in the least. Long before the first
drop fell streams of vehicles and street
cars packed and jammed had filled
Churchill Downs with
AN IMMENSE THRONG.
second in numbers only to the memOra-
ble gathering at the Tenbroeck- Molly
Mccarthy race. The field was open to
the public. and it looked as if about
one-halt the big commonwealth of Ken
tucky had been dumped down there. In
the grand stand the costumes of the
ladies at the north end and the tlutter-
ing Of their fans afforded a pleasant
contrast to the mass of human beings
packed together like Sardines over all
the other space available. There must
have been 10000 people present. Gen.
Robinson. of Lexington, Col. Green. of
st. Louis, and Col. NJ. Lewis Clark were
the Judges. The horses got off in the
first race without much delay. 1t was
for maiden twO-year-olds. Cast Steel
won in :034. Distance fiVe-eighths of
a mile. The second race, mile and
a quarter, was won handily by
Montana Regent in 2:10. The
crowd grew nervous waiting for the
lAig 4,Nff fln
murmur of applause when Col. Clark
rang the bell for the derby. Jim Gore
was first out of the paddock. He gal
lOped by the stand slowly and was
greeted with cheers. His fore feet were
wrapped with red flannel and he ap-
peared stiff. PendenniS came next The
6ark brown Californian looked we'll and
attracted much attention. When Bam-
burg appeared, however, he was
GREETED WITH LOUD CHEERS,
showing where most of the money was.
He looked fine and his hackers were
confident. The friends of PendenniS
were also quite enthusiastic. Lucky
Baldwin had said before the race that
he was a better horse than Goliah, and
that was conclusive enough to many
who got within the range of the
circulation of the statement. Out
OF the original 1l9 entries
there were only seven starters. These
were: Bamburg, who was ridden by
BlaylOck; Jacobin, Stoval: Clarion. Ar
mold; Montrose, Lewis; Pendinnis, Muir
ply; jim Gore, Fitzpatrick: Banyan.
Godfrey. The odds were to against
Bamburg. to Jacobin, Is to Clarion,
Is to ! MontroSe. to l PendenniS. 3 to
Gore, to l Banyan. The distance was
mile and half. They started out of
the chute and Billy Cheatham, of Nash
vile, who sent them off, had only to
drop his flag once in vain. The second
time, after a breathleSs silence, they
were off. Jacobin led off, closely fol
lowed by Banyan and Montrose,
AS they swerved into the stretch
Banyan leaped to the front. Montrose
maintained Il good second and JacObin
third. Down the stretch the whole of
them closed up beautifully, Montrose
keeping well to the front all the time.
AS they came down past the grand
stand. q great shout arose as they flew
by in the order named: MOntroSe, ia
Goblin, Bamburg, Banyan, jim Gore,
PendenniS and Clarion. Jim Gore
seemed to be
TAKING THINGS EASILY,
maintaining his position past the quar-
ter, where MOntrOse still led, Banyan
second and the other son of King Ban
third. Pendennis was sixth and Jaco-
bin had dropped back to last place. At
the end of the mile the positions were
not materially changed. jim Gore
seemed to falter, but gathered
himself up and moved up to third
place at the three-quarter pole.
There MOntrOse still led, Banyan
alongside of Gore and Bamburg second.
They whirled into the stretch and Fitz-
patrick was seen urging the popular son
of HindOo. AS they came around the
turn Pendennis threw up his tail and
gave up. He seemed to be clear ont of
form, and ran miserable race from be-
ginning to end. MontroSe still led, to
the surprise of all. Fitzpatrick had
been instructed to win with jim Gore
if he had to kill the colt, and as he laid
on the lash in the stretch the horse was
plainly seen to be limping. Lewis gave
MOntroSe the rein, as it was nip
and tuck for second, but the latter
held on nObly and passed under the
string a winner by two lengths, Jim
Gore second. He had led with apparent
ease from the grand stand. without the
touch of whip, and looked able to go
in the quarter. Jacobin was third,
hamburg, the favorite, fourth, Clarion
fifth, Ban Yam sixth and Pendennis last.
jim Gore was limping terribly at the
finish. 1t is thought he will never be
able to start again. MontrOSe is owned
by Labold Bros, of Cincinnati, and was
bred by Milton Young at the McGrath
stud. The time was 2:39$4.